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--> GENUS Chaerephon
SPECIES Chaerephon leucogaster
Author: | A. Grandidier, 1870. | Citation: | Rev. Mag. Zool., ser. 2, 21: 337. | Common Name: | Grandidier's Free-tailed Bat | Type Locality: | Madagascar, Mahab (= Mahabo?) and Ménabé, E of Morondava. | Distribution: | Ethiopia to Ghana, Nigeria, Dem. Rep. Congo, Mali, Madagascar. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Data Deficient. | Comments: | plicatus species group. Often included in pumilus, but apparently distinct; see Peterson et al. (1995). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
cristatus J. A. Allen, 1917 frater J. A. Allen, 1917 nigri Hatt, 1928 websteri Dollman, 1908
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